Workaholism in America Is Hurting the Economy

Re:Workaholism in America Is Hurting the Economy by toomuchtodo on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @01:05PM (#7938842)

I've just accepted a position at a YC startup with "unlimited vacation days". The founders seemed genuine when they said that as long as your work is getting done, it wasn't a problem.

I still agree that it causes ambiguity about how much time off is "too much".

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Re:Workaholism in America Is Hurting the Economy by gtremper on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @01:14PM (#7938894)

Same here. I wish they would give a target number of days to shoot for. I've even asked and I always get wishy-washy answers.

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Re:Workaholism in America Is Hurting the Economy by toomuchtodo on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @01:19PM (#7938923)

My guess is that its to preserve cash. My current employer gave me 5 weeks/year, little of which I've used, and they're going to have to pay out almost 8 weeks of vacation on my last day next week. At my current rate, its a significant amount of cash.

If you're a startup, that can be painful to cough up.

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Re:Workaholism in America Is Hurting the Economy by rmc on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @06:34AM (#7943128)

This is why employers should force their employees to take those holidays.

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